Dear Friends, Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch. (Ps 5:1-3) To […]
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A Word of Grace – March 2, 2015
Dear Friends, This week’s message is an excerpt from a talk I gave at a camp meeting last summer. I send it to you for your encouragement. Do you believe that Jesus? silence is an answer? Can we accept that his time is not our time, that his way is not the way we […]
A Word of Grace – February 16, 2015
Dear Friends, The room bore the common scent of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings everywhere– the metallic smell of acidic coffee and stale cigarette smoke. A construction worker stood up to tell his story. He’d stopped after work as always for a “few” beers at a local bar. Drunk and morose, he got home just in […]
A Word of Grace – January 5, 2015
Dear Friends, Emotional commitments to keep Christmas in our hearts all year long fade faster than tinsel blows away in winter winds. As we come to the end of December, we take down the tree, pack up the figures of the nativity, and put away the lights. But what will we do with the […]
A Word of Grace – November 24, 2014
Dear Friends, I did more than write this week’s message–I lived it forty-one years ago. It’s surprising I could write it down because there are no words adequate for the tender truth it tells. Each of us have choices to make each day. Do we help someone in need? Do we do nothing but […]